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Case Name Citation ▼ Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Ford v. Thompson 38 Tenn. 265 1858 0 Tennessee
Dickinson v. Cruise 38 Tenn. 258 1858 0 Tennessee
Stone v. Sanders 38 Tenn. 248 1858 0 Tennessee
Allen v. Barksdale 38 Tenn. 238 1858 0 Tennessee
Saunders v. Harris 38 Tenn. 185 1858 0 Tennessee
Crippen v. Crippen 38 Tenn. 128 1858 0 Tennessee
Abram v. Johnson 38 Tenn. 120 1858 0 Tennessee
Watterson v. Watterson 38 Tenn. 1 1858 0 Tennessee
Bell v. Chambers 38 Ala. 660 1863 0 Loss of Enslaved PersonsTransported withou Written Authority Alabama
Joe v. State 38 Ala. 422 1863 0 Indictment for Burglary Alabama
Isham v. State 38 Ala. 213 1862 0 Homicide of a White Person Alabama
Ruddle's Ex'or v. Ben 37 Va. 467 1839 0 Writ of habeus corpus SC of Appeals VA
Crawford v. Moses 37 Va. 277 1839 0 Suit for freedom SC of Appeals VA
Tazewell v. McCandlish 37 Va. 116 1839 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
Becht v. Martin 37 Tex. 719 1873 1 Texas
Honey v. Clark 37 Tex. 686 1873 0 Texas
Flanagan v. Cary 37 Tex. 67 1873 0 Texas
Brightman v. Word 37 Tex. 310 1873 0 Texas
Busby v. Lynn 37 Tex. 146 1873 0 Texas
Norwood v. Cobb 37 Tex. 141 1873 0 Texas